- Little Traverse Conservancy will offer pond dippin' for kids of all ages.
- 10 am - 11:30 pm, Saturday, May 19th
- Spring Lake Park, Petoskey, on M-119
- Free!
- Pre-registration required. Call (231)347-0991
Oden Fish Hatchery Visitor Center, Oden
- 9 am - 3 pm
- Free & open to students grades three through eight
- Activity stations include fly tying, learning the bugs of lakes and streams, knot tying, conservation ethics, spinning and fly casting, and actual trout fishing.
- Lunch provided.
- Register at (231)409-3345 or
- Little Traverse Conservancy presents a Mother’s Day wildflower walk
- 3-4:30 p.m. Sunday, May 13
- Ransom Nature Preserve, Charlevoix.
- Free; pre-registration required. (231) 347-0991.
- Harbor Springs Chapter of the North Country Trail Association hosts a two-mile Mother’s Day hike
- 2 p.m. Sunday, May 13.
- Meet at Pleasantview Township hall to carpool; dinner follows.
- Call (231) 420-2836.
- A Mother’s Day morel and leek walk from 10 a.m.-noon Sunday, May 13
- Martha Wagbo Farm and Education Center, East Jordan.
- Dress for the weather, wear hiking footwear and bring a basket.
- $5-$10 suggested donation.
- Call (231) 622-5252 or yvonne@artmeetsearth.org.
Little Traverse Conservancy presents a hike and talk on riverine mammals is 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 12, at Braun Nature Preserve, near Pellston. Free; pre-registration required. (231) 347-0991.
Mothers, stepmothers, grandmothers, or big sisters are invited to bring their daughters (ages 7 - 17) for a fun-filled Mother & Daughter Weekend, May 18 - 20, at Camp Daggett. Cost is $150 for mother/daughter, plus $50 for each additional girl. Space is limited, and registration is on a first come, first served basis. Participants can expect a weekend of fun and...
Dark Sky Event
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Beach House, The Headlands, Mackinaw City
INTERNATIONAL DARK-SKY WEEK
Join us in celebrating this international event, which occurs each year during the week of April's New Moon (April 16-21, 2012). Students, families, teachers and all are invited to join us for an...


